News (Slowpitch softball)
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The story of how Manchester saved the Single-Sex Nationals
24 August 2012
The BSF's 2012 Men's and Women's Slowpitch National Championships were played more than three weeks ago, on July 21-22. But the fact that they were played at all was down to a wonderful example of the softball community pulling together and people helping each other. Read on for the story of how Manchester saved the Single-Sex Nationals – plus the results.
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Nine teams to contest 2012 Premier Nationals
20 August 2012
Weather and anticipated pitch construction at Farnham Park meant that the National Softball League season was almost non-existent in 2012. Nevertheless, nine of the 10 teams that signed up for the NSL this year, and played each other once at the British Airways Tournament in June, will contest the BSF's Premier Nationals on the weekend of September 1-2 at Parr's Wood High School in Manchester.
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Second annual European Slowpitch Series set for Linz
20 August 2012
The second annual European Slowpitch Series will be played on the weekend of September 15-16 in Linz, Austria, featuring both US military teams and European teams from Austria, Slovenia and Germany.
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East Midlands Labor Day Tournament goes green
17 August 2012
The East Midlands Softball League has announced that this year's annual Labor Day Tournament, scheduled for the weekend of September 15-16 in Leicester, may be the first in the country to offer a full recycling facility on each pitch.
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Four national championships settled at Wokingham
13 August 2012
The British Softball Federation crowned its Platinum, Gold, Silver and Bronze National Champions for 2012 on a warm and sunny weekend, August 11-12, at Cantley Park outside Wokingham. Nineteen teams took part, two less than a year ago. Two of the finals were relatively close, but two were blow-outs that the teams on the receiving end will want to forget.
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Manchester and Birmingham take the honours at Bristol
11 August 2012
The Bristol Main Tournament was played over the weekend of July 7-8 and managed triumph over the heavy rain that saturated much of the country that week. Manchester Greensox won the the B-grade competition and the Birmingham Bobcats triumphed at C-grade.
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ESF joins Team USA for Border Battle IV tour
8 August 2012
As part of the ongoing relationship between the ESF and the Amateur Softball Association of America (ASA) with regard to developing slowpitch softball, the ASA extended an invitation to ESF Slowpitch Development Commissioner John Austin earlier this year to participate in a Team USA men's slowpitch promotional tour ahead of the annual Border Battle with Canada. John joined the squad as a shadow assistant coach in Bismarck, North Dakota for the start of a ten-day tour of the Mid-West.
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Leeds Tournament rings the changes in 2012
7 August 2012
The 2012 Leeds Softball Tournament took place on the weekend of June 23-24, with exciting changes. As part of the Leeds Softball Association's objective to expand and improve softball in Yorkshire, new venues, a new tournament structure, different accommodation options and a new team of organisers were all introduced for the 2012 competition.
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GLSML expects an exciting final stretch
7 August 2012
The 2012 Greater London Softball Mixed League season is heading into its final, tense few weeks, with teams (mostly) having played everybody in their divisions and weighing up their promotion hopes and relegation fears.
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Slovenians win the European Slowpitch Cup
4 August 2012
The reign of the British and Irish at the top of European slowpitch is over. The Slovenian team Lisicke won the European Slowpitch Cup on Saturday in the Czech town of Pardubice with a tense, tight but well deserved 6-4 win over Chromies.